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Who builds Pontiac engines?
DCI Motorsports is your premier Pontiac engine builder. We build them all, from 1955-1979, factory restorations, mild street engines to high power race engines. All engine sizes welcome, from 326, 350, 389, 400, 428, 455’s and everything in-between.
How much HP does a 455 have?
They rated the standard issue 455 at 350 HP and the high-performance stage I version at 360 HP. This engine had a short run starting in 1970.
Is Spotts performance still in business?
Please rest assured that Spotts Performance is still in business at 31 N. Maple Avenue in Hatfield, PA, where I have operated for over 10 years.
Are all Pontiac 400 the same?
He advises, “With the exception of the mid- to late-1970s PN 500557 casting, we consider all Pontiac 400 blocks functionally identical. The 455 blocks from 1970 to 1976 are also functionally identical.
Did Pontiac make a big block engine?
Unusual for a major automaker, Pontiac did not have the customary “small-block” and “big-block” engine families common to other GM divisions, Ford, and Chrysler. The V8 was finally phased out in 1981, replaced by a GM “corporate engines” such as the Chevrolet 305 cu in small block V8.
What is the most powerful Pontiac engine?
The rear-drive G8, hailed here at AutoWeek and elsewhere in the wheeled world in its original rear-drive, 361-hp, 6.0-liter V8 form, now has a mighty 415-hp 6.2-liter V8 driving those rear wheels, making it the most powerful Pontiac ever. “Now wait a minute,” you say.
Did Pontiac make good cars?
Very Few Good Pontiac Cars at the End Obviously, one of the reasons the brand was discontinued is, they just weren’t very good cars, to begin with. Out of its 36-member “Worst of the Worst Used Cars” in 2009, three were Pontiacs: Pontiac Aztek; Pontiac G6 (V6); and, Pontiac Montana.
What was the biggest Pontiac?
The Bonneville (known as the Parisienne in Canada until 1981), and its platform partner, the Grand Ville, are some of the largest Pontiacs ever built; in station wagon body styles they reached just over 230 inches (5.8 m) long, and at 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) and more were also some of the heaviest cars produced at the …